Leviticus 26:20

20 All your hard work will do you no good, because your land will not produce crops and the trees will not bear fruit.

Leviticus 26:20 Meaning and Commentary

Leviticus 26:20

And your strength shall be spent in vain
In endeavouring to till the ground, to plough, or sow, or to dig about the vines or olives, and prune them; for your land shall not yield its increase;
produce corn, and bring forth grass, the one for the use of men, the other for the use of the cattle, and therefore both must starve: neither shall the trees of the land yield their fruits;
such as vines, olives, figs, pomegranates which were very plentiful in the land of Judea, and on which they much lived, and on which their more comfortable subsistence at least depended, see ( Habakkuk 3:17 ) ; all this is the reverse of ( Leviticus 26:4 Leviticus 26:5 Leviticus 26:10 ) .

Leviticus 26:20 In-Context

18 "If even after all of this you still do not obey me, I will increase your punishment seven times.

19 I will break your stubborn pride; there will be no rain, and your land will be dry and as hard as iron.

20 All your hard work will do you no good, because your land will not produce crops and the trees will not bear fruit.

21 "If you still continue to resist me and refuse to obey me, I will again increase your punishment seven times.

22 I will send dangerous animals among you, and they will kill your children, destroy your livestock, and leave so few of you that your roads will be deserted.